There seems to be a general feeling that some fundamental changes are underway in
archaeological thinking and have been for some time now. One need only look at some …

Was sind Modelle, wie modelliert man? Modelle werden meist spezi sch in den einzelnen
Disziplinen verwendet und entwickelt. Das Herausarbeiten von Gemeinsamkeiten von …

This chapter traces how network concepts developed from spatial metaphors to tools used
by sociologists and anthropologists to visualise and analyse social relations. The first …

The importance of a place can be assessed via an analysis of its centrality. However,
although central place research has a long history, there is no generally accepted …

This chapter reviews the prolific recent uptake of network concepts and methods in
archaeology. Quite different kinds of models have proven popular—some use theoretical …

Archaeology and Intentionality explores perhaps one of the most overlooked topics in
archaeology, that of intentionality. In archaeology, most explanations of human behaviour …

Bronze tripod cauldrons were one of the most prestigious types of objects in Greece during
the Early Iron Age (EIA). Because of its character as an exchange object with a value easy to …

Transportation networks can be regarded as an epiphenomenon of social interactions and
interactions between societies and environments. At the same time, they influence the …

Regime change, market expansion, revolution, political polarization, increasing inequality,
ethnic factionalization, and the rise and fall of institutions of governance and civil discourse …

Models are ubiquitous in the digital humanities. Against the backdrop of the recent
discussion in the philosophy of science about what models are and what they do, this paper …